BIOS STATS
JOE

Joe Anderson has been performing comedy professionally for the entire time Friends was a hit show on NBC. He won an MTV stand-up comedy competition, performed for two years with the famed Second City theatre and recently wrote and directed his first feature film, the award-winning comedy Living with the Fosters...which you've never heard of.


Joe - protecting olympic training grounds - Lake Placid, NY

Joe also performs with the Fishschtick and Survival of the Funniest comedy groups in Grand Rapids, Michigan. When Joe isn't being funny, he's collecting injuries as a professional freestyle bike rider [broken collarbone lifetime record=3 times].

Full Name
Joseph Scot Anderson
Casual Name
Joe
Favorite Movies / TV Shows
Shawshank Redemption, Royal Tenenbaums, Sling Blade, Office Space, Usual Suspects, A Simple Plan, The Office (TV-UK VERSION), Seinfeld (TV), Law & Order (the classic version, before they sold out)
Favorite Music
The Format, Fun, Ben Folds(Five), Jellyfish, Beach Boys, Page France, Trash Can Sinatras, Snow Patrol, Dashboard Confessional, Jump Little Children, Queen
Favorite Foods
Pecan Crusted Chicken Salad from Friday's, Thai (Pad, please), Chinese (General Tso, please), Little Debbie Fudge Rounds, Rice Krispie Treats, Dr Pepper, broccoli, tilapia, Turkey Hill Orange Tea Cooler, Frozen Coffee Drinks (capitalized for emphasis)
Favorite Books
Life of Pi, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Waking the Dead
Hobbies
Writing, riding a small child's bmx bike and doing tricks on it
Principal Position in Car
Driver/navigator
JIMMY

Jimmy Meritt Because he's amazing at comedy, Jimmy Meritt has become a nationally touring feature act for clubs and colleges, performing in 25 states a year! Jimmy has worked with Saturday Night Live's Kevin Nealon, ABC's cast of Whose Line Is It Anyway, Last Comic Standing's Ralphie May, and VH1's Doug Benson. I know, right? I'm pretty sure you'll dig him.


Jimmy Meritt - LumberjackMall of America

Jimmy also spends a great deal of time scanning used DVD bins and entering into food consumption challenges with strangers and friends.

Full Name
James Andrew Meritt
Casual Name
Jimmy
Favorite Movies / TV Shows
Brazil, Star Wars, Bourne Identity, Lord of the Rings, Battlestar Galactica, The Venture Brothers, Justice League Unlimited, Mythbusters, The Flash, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Dick Tracy, Sky Captain, Terminator Trilogy, Aliens, Indiana Jones, the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Freaks and Geeks.
Favorite Music
They Might Be Giants, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, The Old 97's.
Favorite Foods
Nachos, Chili Dogs, Red Beans and Rice, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
Favorite Books
Scott Pilgrim! Anything by Alan Moore, Kurt Vonnegut, Warren Ellis, Brian Michael Bendis, and Robert Kirkman
Hobbies
Dungeons and Dragons, Reading Comic Books, Midnight Movies, Go-Kart racing, Laser Tag and Paintball
Principal Position in Car
Sleeping
SEAL

Ryan Seal Ryan started comedy doing social experiments in high school and college such as dressing up like an old man and staying in character for the entire day. He started to channel his comedy in a more productive way his junior year of college, entering into the school's stand up comedy contest. He has been touring with the WCMYL comedy tour for the past two years...and has performed at the PIT Comedy Club in New York City.


Seal and Zeke - Friends - Corn Palace, South Dakota

Seal also enjoys the danger and adventure involved in late-night, outlet mall dumpster diving.

Full Name
Ryan Gerald Seal
Casual Name
Seal
Favorite Movies / TV Shows
Movies: Ryan doesn't have a "favorite" movie. He is currently working on watching all the James Bond movies.
Favorite Music
Music: Jimmy Eat World, Weezer, 80's and 90's sirius radio channels, motown hits, the Family Matters theme song.
Favorite Foods
Food: Tuna casserole (with bowtie noodles) Hogfathers pulled pork sandwich, Buffalo Chicken, Donatos pizza, Cici's pizza, and Papa John's pizza
Favorite Books
Ryan prefers to not pick favorite books and instead, he enjoys spending long hours at Barnes and Noble, reading books of all shapes and sizes for free.
Hobbies
Golf (but not if he has to pay for it)
Principal Position in Car
Backseat chatter/background noise
ADAM
Adam Mollhagen has been performing comedy professionally longer than Scott but not as long as Joe. He has performed all over the country, working with the comedy groups Spontaneous Combustion and River City Improv. When Adam isn't being funny, he's collecting Precious Moments figurines. His favorite is "that one with the really cute little kids and the puppy -- know which one I mean?" Yes Adam, we know that one. Oh yeah, he skateboards too.


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Full Name
Adam Mollhagen
Casual Name
Adam Mollhagen
Favorite Movies / TV Shows
The Mirror, The Birds, Wesley Anderson, Espiritu de la Colemna, Winged Migration

TV: The Office (UK VERSION)
Favorite Music
The Essex Green, Karen & Linford, Page France, Kite, The Smiths, Belle & Sebastian, The Gentle Waves
Favorite Foods
Whatever Scott or José orders for me.
Favorite Books
Annie Dillard, Clive Staples, Dallas Willard, Henri Nouwen, Franny & Zooey, The Brothers Karamazov
Hobbies
Brooklyn, Baltimore, The Purple Valley of Williamstown. Anywhere we stop is part of having fun.
Principal Position in Car
Mediator
SCOTT

Scott Piebenga has been performing comedy professionally for more than five years and claims he was doing stuff long before that where he probably should have been paid. The Spontaneous Combustion and Crawlspace Eviction comedy groups have been lucky enough to call Scott a member. He has performed corporate and public shows around the Midwest, including two runs of the hit off-broadway play Psycho Beach Party in Michigan. Scott just finished a political science degree at Western Michigan University in December. How did he do that when he was out touring all last fall? When Scott isn't being funny, he's collecting injuries as an avid street skateboarder.

Scott takes a nice big bite while Joe is outside
Full Name
Scott Ryan Piebenga
Casual Name
Peebs
Favorite Movies / TV Shows
Back to the Future, Better Off Dead, Rushmore, Annie Hall
Favorite Music
Side Projects, Solo Albums, EPs, LPs, B sides, Swan Songs, The Smiths/Morrissey, Belle and Sebastian, Ramones, Beach Boys, Billy Bragg
Favorite Foods
The most obvious and controversial answer, pizza. Some people on the trip have not been able to see eye to eye with me on this. Joe is just downright mean. He needs to learn to accept my body choices.
Favorite Books
Lots of short stories by people like Kurt Vonnegut, Raymond Carver, and David Sedaris. Also non-fiction titles like Origins of the Urban Crisis, The Sociological Imagination, and Skateboarding Space and the City
Hobbies
Eating and talking about pizza, drinking coffee and other caffeinated beverages, talking to random people across America, reading, writing, skateboarding, and visiting cities.
Principal Position in Car
Dietician, climate controller, whiner.